cgknight1 t1_j2nfrev wrote on January 2, 2023 at 5:09 PM

Reply to comment by matthewgdick in Pulling together different technologies to make interstellar colonization possible by matthewgdick

Because of the hard limit of speed of light - you'd be realistically looking at a couple of thousand years as a minimum. It's unlikely you could make anything last for that period of time.

Chellaigh t1_j2och4s wrote on January 2, 2023 at 8:39 PM

Spaceship of Theseus?

katanakid13 t1_j2pdlg2 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 12:46 AM

3D print replacement parts as you go until the robot ponders this and has a meltdown.

whk1992 t1_j2p9h8h wrote on January 3, 2023 at 12:17 AM

Build it out of epoxied hotdogs.

howblank t1_j2qjiv9 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 6:03 AM

Hot dog straw guy seconds this.

internet_DOOD t1_j2p08bl wrote on January 2, 2023 at 11:15 PM

Embed in a comet/asteroid like in seveneves?

Cutecumber_Roll t1_j2okyvx wrote on January 2, 2023 at 9:34 PM

Time dilation removes the hard limit, but you'd run into soft limits long before you reached relativistic speeds with current tech so that doesn't make much difference.